Derek Jacobi
Sir Derek George Jacobi , CBE , (born October 22, 1938 in Leytonstone , London , England ) is a British actor .
Live and act
Derek Jacobi is the only child of Daisy Gertrude, née Masters and Alfred George Jacobi, who ran a candy store and worked as a tobacconist in Chingford . His great-grandfather immigrated from Germany to England in the 19th century.
Jacobi was born in Leytonstone in east London and studied at Cambridge University for some time before discovering his passion for acting. After the role of Edward II in Cambridge, Jacobi joined the Birmingham Repertory Theater immediately after graduating in 1960 . Laurence Olivier was impressed by his skills and cast him as Cassio in his 1965 film adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello . The real breakthrough came in 1976 with I, Claudius (German title: Ich, Claudius, Kaiser und Gott ) , a widely acclaimed television adaptation of the bestseller by the author Robert Graves . In 1994 he was named a Knight Bachelor for his long service to British theater .
Jacobi appeared in many Shakespeare productions, including several film adaptations of Hamlet . He became known to a broad television audience in 1994 through the role of "Brother Cadfael" in the film adaptations of the historical crime novels by Ellis Peters . In 1995 Jacobi became artistic director of the Chichester Festival Theater together with Duncan Weldon and played there for the first time the role of Uncle Vanya in the drama by Anton Chekhov . In Ridley Scott's Gladiator (2000) he played the Senator Gracchus . After an Emmy as a supporting actor in 1989, Jacobi played in his first guest role on American television in 2001 in an episode of the television series Frasier, the worst Shakespeare actor in the world. That promptly earned him another Emmy award. In early 2006, Jacobi was in Len Wiseman's Underworld: Evolution as Alexander Corvinus , the forefather of all vampires and werewolves.
In the BBC - Webcast Doctor Who : Scream of the Shalka Derek Jacobi was when the Master heard. In 2007 he played the master in the television series Doctor Who , episode Utopia .
Personal
Derek Jacobi has lived with his partner Richard Clifford, who is also an actor, since 1977. In 2006 the two entered into a registered partnership . They live in Primrose Hill , London .
Filmography (selection)
- 1965: Othello
- 1973: The Lord Who Wanted to Be a Servant (Blue Blood)
- 1973: The Jackal (The Day of the Jackal)
- 1974: The Odessa File (The Odessa File)
- 1976: I, Claudius, Kaiser and God (I, Claudius)
- 1977: Philby, Burgess and MacLean
- 1978: The Medusa (The Medusa Touch)
- 1978: King Richard the Second (TV movie)
- 1979: The Human Factor (The Human Factor)
- 1980: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- 1980: The man who vanished into thin air (Mannen Som Gick upp I Rök)
- 1981: Charlotte
- 1982: Mrs. Brisby and The Secret of NIMH
- 1982: Inside the Third Reich
- 1982: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
- 1982: Enigma
- 1987: The Secret Garden
- 1988: Little Dorrit (Little Dorrit)
- 1988: The Tenth Man
- 1989: Henry V. (Henry V)
- 1990: The Fool
- 1991: Shadows of the Past (Dead Again)
- 1994–1998: Brother Cadfael ( Cadfael , TV series, 13 episodes)
- 1996: Breaking the Code
- 1996: Hamlet
- 1998: Basils Liebe ( Basil )
- 1998: Love is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
- 1999: Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
- 2000: Gladiator
- 2000: Jason and the Argonauts
- 2000: Villa (Up At the Villa)
- 2000: The Wyvern Mystery
- 2001: Revelation
- 2001: The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky (The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky)
- 2001: Frasier (TV series, episode 8x12)
- 2001: Gosford Park
- 2001: The Body
- 2002: Two Men Went to War
- 2002: Revengers Tragedy
- 2002: Churchill - The Gathering Storm ( The Gathering Storm , Movie made for TV)
- 2004: The Long Firm
- 2004: Strings
- 2005: Bye Bye Blackbird
- 2005: A Magical Nanny (Nanny McPhee)
- 2006: Underworld: Evolution
- 2007: Doctor Who (TV series, episode 3x11)
- 2007: The Golden Compass ( The Golden Compass )
- 2009: A Life for a Life - Adam Resurrected ( Adam Resurrected )
- 2009: The Mandela Conspiracy (Endgame)
- 2010: The King's Speech
- 2010: Hereafter (Hereafter) (cameo)
- 2011: Ironclad - Until the Last Warrior (Ironclad)
- 2011: Anonymus (Anonymous)
- 2011: My Week with Marilyn
- 2011: The Borgias (TV series)
- 2012: Titanic - Blood and Steel (Miniseries)
- 2012: Jail Caesar
- 2013-2016: Vicious (TV series, 14 episodes)
- 2014: Grace of Monaco
- 2015: Cinderella
- 2016: The History of Love
- 2017: Murder on the Orient Express (Murder on the Orient Express)
- 2018: Tomb Raider
- 2019: Tolkien
- 2019: The Crown (TV series, episode Dangling Man )
honors and awards
- 1989: Knight 1st class of the Dannebrog Order
- 1994: Knight Bachelor : for Services to Drama (New Year's Honors)
- 2008: Lifetime Achievement at the 24th Annual Helen Hayes Awards
theatre
- 1983: London Evening Standard Award for Best Actor for Much Ado About Nothing
- 1984: Tony Award for Best Actor for Much Ado About Nothing
- 2009: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for Twelfth Night
watch TV
- 1977: BAFTA Award for Best Actor for Ich, Claudius, Kaiser and Gott
- 1989: Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special for The Tenth Man
- 2001: Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for Frasier (episode The Show Must Go Off )
Movie
- 1988: Evening Standard British Film Award for best actor in Little Dorrit
- 1998: Edinburgh International Film Festival for Best British Actor for Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
- 1999: Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor for Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Web links
- Derek Jacobi in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- BBC webcast of "Scream of the Shalka" (English)
- BBC - Drama Faces - Derek Jacobi (English)
- Sir Derek Jacobi TMAW (English)
- Guardian interview (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nigel Farndale: "Derek Jacobi: 'I don't mind people having faith. But it ain't for me'" . The Daily Telegraph (July 2, 2012), accessed January 15, 2018.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Jacobi, Derek |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jacobi, Derek George (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1938 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Leytonstone , London, England, United Kingdom |